Checklist of the subfamily Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Tucumán province, Argentina

Abstract

A checklist of Scolytinae species is presented to contribute to the knowledge of the biodiversity of the subfamily in Tucumán province, Argentina. The inventory was based on collections in the field from 2016 to 2023, and a review of the material deposited in the entomological collections of the Museo de La Plata, the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia, and the Fundación Miguel Lillo. Previous bibliographic records were also included. In total, 54 species belonging to 11 tribes were recorded, of which six were new reports for Argentina and nine for Tucumán province; eight species were introduced. The genus Amasa was also recorded in Argentina for the first time.

A new widely distributed invasive alien species of Amasa ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini)

“…This species was initially determined to be Amasa truncata in the following publications : Cognato & Flechtmann (2011), Gómez et al (2017), Raihno et al (2018, Kirkendall (2018); Amasa resecta (Viñolas & Verdugo 2011); Amasa near truncata in Barnouin et al (2020); and Amasa sp. in Marchioro et al (2022) and Córdoba et al (2023).…”

“…Amasa near truncata spread across South American Eucalyptus plantations and was reported in Minas Gerais, Brazil in 2015 (Rainho et al 2018), Tacuarembo, Uruguay in 2015 (Gómez et al 2017), Valparaíso, Chile in 2016 (Kirkendall 2018), and Argentina in 2018 (Córdoba et al 2023). The species also became established in Europefirst appearing in Cádiz, Spain in 2009 (Viñolas & Verdugo 2011 as Amasa resecta (Eggers)), Antibes, France in 2018 (Barnouin et al 2020), and Lisbon, Portugal in 2019 (Marchioro et al 2022).…”